Globe-holder.



G; O. MARRIS. GLOBE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1912.

1,037,276. Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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CLARENCE Q. HARRIS, OF AKRON, OHIO;

GLOBE-HoLDEB.

Specification of Letters latent. i

Application ma January 2; ma Seriaf No. seam.

Patented Sept. 3,1912.

To all whom it may cancer-h Be it known that I, OLARnNcn 0. Mamas,

a citizen of the United States, residing atbecause the globe expands under the intense 00 heat and as it is rigidly held by means of the binding screws, the neck or flange there- Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Globe-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to' the accompanying drawings. V

This invention relates to certain new; and

useful improvements in globe holders'and has for its object to provide a device of this character which will securely support or hold the globe or shade upon the burner of a chandelier or gas bracket. i Another object of the invention is to rovide a holder for the above purpose w ich maybe easily and quickly operated to secure the globe in position or permit of its detachment from the burner.

Still another object of the invention resides in the provision of a sim 1e and effective globe holder constructed mm a singlelength of resilient wire which is so arranged upon the burner as to permit of the expansion of the globe and thereby obviate liability of its breakage while at the same time the globe is securely retained or held in position.

IVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of a gas burner of the inverted type having my improved globe holdei applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a section taken on. the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the burnerfthe globe being removed; and Fig. 4 isa detail perspective view of the holder detached from the burner.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 designates the frame of the burner in which the globe 6 is adapted to be held, said globe being provided upon its upper end with a contracted neckv 7 which is formed thereon by the' provision of a circumferential channel 8. In the ordinary mode of attachment of the globe to the burner frame, the con-' tracted neck or flange thereon is disposed within the annular wall of the burner frame, and said wall is provided with suitable binding screws which are threaded therein and are adapted to engage in the channel 8 of the globe to securely hold the globe in position. This ordinary holding means for gas globes has been found unsatisfactory on breaks, thus allowing the globe tofall. This is quite a frequent occurrence and the mam object of my inventionis to allow for 66 vide a single length of resilient wire w ichisbent to form the spaced parallel bowed my portions 9 and 10 respectively, said bowed portions of the wire being arranged in opposed relation. These bowed portions 9 land 10 of the wire are connected as indicated at 11. The opposed portions 10 of 76" the wire are disposed upon the inner face of i the annular wall 'of the burner frame and {are clamped thereagainstby means of the screws 12 which are provided with hooks upontheir inner ends to engage over the wigeand have suitable nuts-13 on their outer en s.

The connected portions 9 and 10 of the wire holder are slightly-spaced and the other ends of the portions 10 of the wire are projected at rightangles as indicated at 14, 85 said sire being provided in its intermediate portion with an elongated horizontal lodp 5 15. Through this .loop the free ends of'the portions 9 of the wires are projected and have ieyes 16 formed thereon to provide suitable finger-pieces. It will be observedthat the glowermost bowed portions 9 of the wire are disposed below the lower edge of the burner, f frame. The resiliency of the wire normally 1 holds these bowed port-ions 9 thereof in their relative contracted positions, wherein the same are disposed inwardly of the annular wall of the burner frame. The loop 15 provides guides for the ends of the bowed porposite directions, the eyes 16 on the en s of the wire being normally disposed in the center of the loop 15 In the operation of my improved globe tions 9 of the wire as they are forced in o 10o holder, the contractedneck or flange 7 of the globe is disposed between the op ositely bowed portions 9 of the wire, sai bowed portions of the wire being forced apart by the thumb and forefinger of the operator.

Upon the release of pressure upon the ends 11b of the holder, said bowed ortions ofthe wire return to their natura condition and within the annular wall of the burner frame, but the upper edge of said neck is disposed substantially in the same plate as the lower edge of the burner. By means of this construction, it will be readily seen that the globe may be easily and quickly removed by simply forcing the portions 9 of the wire apart, without danger of injury to the incandescent mantle. sion of the globe, the resiliency of the wire holder permits the portions 9 thereof to be forced apart so that the globe will not be broken. place beneath the burner.

' Owing to the onepiece construction of my improved holder, the same may be produced at very small cost. It is also extremely durable and highly efficient in practical use and admits of the quick removal of the globe for cleaning purposes.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred form and construction of the various parts, it will be understood that the invention is susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential feature or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what.

gated loop formed in the intermediate portions of the wire to provide a guide for the free ends of the wire.

2. A globe holder of the character described oomprising a single length of resilient wire bent to provide upper and lower oppositely bowed parallel portions, the upper opposed bowed portions of the wire being adapted for attachment to a burner, the lower opposed bowed portions of the wire being relatively movable and adapted for resilient clamping engagement with the In the eXpan-- It is, however, securely held in globe, and a guide formed in the wire intermediate of its ends to receive the free ends of the latter bowed portions thereof.

3'. A globe holder of the character described comprising a single length of resilient wire having its end portions bent to provide oppositely bowed resilient arms adapted for clamping engagement upon the globe, the intermediate portion of said wire being adapted for attachment to a burner, said wire having a central loop formed therein through which the ends of the bowed portions of the wire are projected to providea guide therefor.

4;. The combination with a burner, of a globe holder formed from a single length of wire and having parallel oppositely bowed portions, means to rigidly and removably secure one of the bowed portions of said wire to the burner, the free opposed bowed portions of the wire bein resiliently movable for clamping engagement with the globe, and a guide loop for the ends of said movable portions of the wire.

5. The combination with a burner, of a globe holder formed from a single length of resilient wire bent to provide parallel oppositely bowed portions, means to clamp one of the parallel bowed portions of the wire to the burner Wall, said Wire being provided with a horizontal elongated loop centrally formed therein, the other parallel bowed portions of the wire being resiliently movable for clamping engagement with the globe and having their other ends projected at right angles and'disposed through said loop, the ends of the wire being provided with eyes forming finger-pieces whereby they may be forced apart to release the globe.

6. A globe holder of the character de scribed'comprising a wire adapted to be secured to a burner and having a guide loop formed therein,'and opposed globe clamping arms having their extremities projected through said loop.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE O. IVIARRIS.

WVitnesses O'rro R. HOFFMAN, BELLE RENINGER.

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' Washington. D. O. 

